Grief

Whether it’s the loss of a parent, a pet, a relationship, a job, a home, a dream, a phase of your child’s life, your own youth, abilities, and eventually health, the loss of someone and something cherished can jolt us into an almost unrecognizable state.

It’s like a fracture, the opening through which reveals an abyss we might not even have known was there.

Grief is an emotional injury that people cannot see, so they may not know how badly you’re hurting. Others may not feel that your loss warrants such devastation. People may lack the capacity or know how to support you. But what you love is personal and an integral part of the fabric of who you are.

I cannot fix or replace what is broken, but having gone through so many profound and agonizing losses myself, I can sit with you in the overwhelm and the confusion.



Eventually, by cruel necessity if nothing else, on its own, the fractured bone starts to knit and with caring presence and careful support, I will hold the space and work with you as another iteration of your life forms.